Re: [dwm] idxoftag and tag names

[Ali Gholami Rudi]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 05:26:38PM +0100, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> Actually it is intended that idxoftag() makes a pointer
> comparision, because it assumes that always the specific
> tags-array entry is used. I see no reason why one should do a
> string comparision which is more expensive and would lead to at
> least an additional waste of memory through allocating some
> extra space for "x" instead of re-using tags[3] for instance.

I use a variation of my prefixed_keys patch that I've submitted to
this mailing list some time ago (I use something like "C-; 1" for
viewing tag "1" and "C-; x" for viewing tag "x").  I have letter tags
as well as number tags and also I use a macro like this::

  #define TAGKEYS(name, key) \
    { 0,                                key,    view,           name }, \
    { ShiftMask,                        key,    tag,            name }, \
    { Mod1Mask,                         key,    toggleview,     name }, \
    { Mod1Mask|ShiftMask,               key,    toggletag,      name }

    Key prefixedkeys[] = {
        TAGKEYS("1", XK_1),
        TAGKEYS("2", XK_2),
        /* ... */
        TAGKEYS("X", XK_x),
        TAGKEYS("P", XK_p),
        /* ... */
    }

(Note that prefixedkeys keys is activated after pressing the prefix.)

Using the name rather than tag index saves me finding the index and
updating them when I change the tags.

By the way, I've fixed my situation by patching my local repo so if no
one needs that it's not a problem.

Thanks,
-- Ali

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